bela

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See also: belà, Béla, bêla, Běla, belâ, bela', beła, and Bela

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

bela

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of belar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of belar

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Common Romance, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbela/
  • Hyphenation: be‧la
  • Rhymes: -ela

Adjective[edit]

bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)

  1. beautiful, pretty
    • 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2,[1]:
      Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!
      How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!
    • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.
      Kaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.
      And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto bela.

Adjective[edit]

bela

  1. beautiful

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Verb[edit]

bela

  1. to look after (used in the form membela)

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

bela

  1. third-person singular present indicative of belare
  2. second-person singular imperative of belare

Anagrams[edit]

Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʾ).

Noun[edit]

bela ?

  1. affliction

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

bela

  1. simple past of belegge

Old Provençal[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bela

  1. feminine singular of bel

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bela f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective belo.
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:
      Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.
      He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bèlot, belȍt.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bêla/
  • Hyphenation: be‧la

Noun[edit]

bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла)

  1. belote

References[edit]

  • “bela” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

bela

  1. genitive singular of bel
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